Olive Garden opening new restaurant

Olive Garden will open a new restaurant on the North Side later this month.

The new restaurant is located at 22503 N. U.S. Highway 281, and it was built in the restaurant’s new Tuscan farmhouse design with a rustic stone exterior and an interior with Italian imports.

It will open for dinner at 4 p.m. on May 23 and through the rest of the week. Starting May 28, it will begin opening at 11 a.m. every day for lunch.

The 7,441-square-foot location will employ 100 people. Olive Garden is accepting applications for employment at the new restaurant. Those interested in a job should apply in person at the restaurant Monday through Sunday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. The phone number is (210) 481-9964.

Olive Garden operates more than 730 restaurants, employs more than 86,000 people and has $3.3 billion in annual sales. It is a member of the Darden family of restaurants.